$28.22–$28.82
Use 93293 for analysis and review of telephone-transmitted ECG rhythm strips. Use 93294 for remote interrogation of the pacemaker’s device data.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
93293 Pacemaker rhythm review Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports analysis and interpretation of ECG rhythm strips transmitted by telephone for a patient with a pacemaker. Compare 93293 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 93293 in Maine?
Maine has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$37.17–$39.24
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
No supported rate
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Cardiac device monitoring
About 93293: Transtelephonic pacemaker rhythm evaluation
Reports analysis and interpretation of ECG rhythm strips transmitted by telephone for a patient with a pacemaker.
This service covers analysis and review of ECG rhythm strips sent through telephone-based monitoring for a patient with a pacemaker, followed by a report. A physician or other qualified health care professional typically evaluates the transmitted tracing to assess the recorded rhythm and pacing-related information. The patient may transmit a strip from home, with equipment and staff supporting receipt of the tracing.
Report the service for the transtelephonic rhythm-strip evaluation, not for remote electronic interrogation of the pacemaker’s stored device data. Documentation should identify the patient and pacemaker, the transmitted strip or strips reviewed, the interpretation, and the resulting report. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 represents the interpretation, while modifier TC represents equipment and staff; billing without a modifier represents the global service. The professional and technical components are separately priced when billed with their respective modifiers.
CMS billing rules for 93293
- Professional and technical components
- Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.30 · 25%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.87 · 73%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 2%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
93293 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
$51.93–$54.83
Code 93288 applies to in-person pacemaker interrogation; 93293 applies to review of rhythm strips transmitted by telephone.
$62.84–$66.03
Code 93279 covers pacemaker programming evaluation. Code 93293 covers rhythm-strip analysis and reporting, not device programming.
Compare 93293 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$37.17
Facility
Unavailable
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$39.24
Facility
Unavailable
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93293 billing questions
How does this differ from code 93294?
Code 93293 covers review of telephone-transmitted ECG rhythm strips. Code 93294 is for remote interrogation of pacemaker device data.
What work is included in this service?
The service includes analysis and review of the transmitted rhythm strip or strips and preparation of the report.
When should modifier 26 or TC be used?
Use modifier 26 for the professional interpretation and modifier TC for the technical service involving equipment and staff. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.
What documentation supports reporting this code?
Keep the transmitted tracing or its identifying details, the interpretation, and the report. The record should make clear that the service involved telephone-transmitted rhythm strips for a pacemaker patient.
Is this the right code for an in-person pacemaker interrogation?
No. Code 93293 is for telephone-transmitted rhythm-strip evaluation; code 93288 describes in-person pacemaker interrogation.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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12,03193294,,Rem interrog evl pm/ldls pm,A,,0.59,0.25,,0.25,,0.04,0.88,0.88,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00